User talk:Riverindian

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. See WP:NPOV. NawlinWiki (talk) 21:14, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Ferguson, Missouri, you may be blocked from editing. Let's wait for the grand jury decision before thinking we know what happened, shall we? NawlinWiki (talk) 21:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Good Afternoon,

It was not my intention to vandalize the page. I will abide by your rules and not make any edits. The information on Ferguson, MO is biased. The information as presented gives the impression that the police office shot an unarmed young man for no cause. Facts: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/20/missouri-cop-was-badly-beaten-before-shooting-michael-brown-says-source/

How do I add this article to your post so that the reader can obtain all the facts of what transpired?

Thank you

Riverindian (talk) 21:46, 12 November 2014 (UTC)


 * The article gives no such impression. It states that Brown was unarmed, a fact that is not in dispute, and that he was fatally shot by Wilson, another fact that is not in dispute. Your attempted edit, on the other hand, states that the shooting was in self-defense, and presents it as fact, when it is far from undisputed. The article you cite above begins with the claim that Wilson suffered a facial fracture, a false claim that was leaked by someone at Ferguson PD and was admitted to be false the following day. There is more detail on this in Shooting of Michael Brown. I would suggest reading some of WP:V and WP:NPOV.


 * Regardless, per WP:BRD, the appropriate action when your edit has been reverted is to open a discussion on the article's talk page, not to simply make the change again. Experienced editors often have little patience for newer editors who demonstrate that they have not taken the time to learn the rules before making controversial edits on controversial topics. I am including a standard welcome message below, which contains links to introductory help pages. &#8209;&#8209; Mandruss  &#9742;  02:25, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

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